2024 SC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- December 10-15, 2024
- Duna Arena, Budapest, Hungary
- SCM (25m)
- Meet Central
- Roster Index
- SwimSwam Preview Index
- Pick’em
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Prelims Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6
- Finals Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6
- Complete final results (PDF)
Carles Coll Marti won the men’s 200 breast world title out of lane 2 in Budapest, swimming a controlled race the whole way through. He won in 2:01.55, besting the next competitor by .3 seconds and setting the Spanish Record.. The Virginia Tech Hokie was excited and grateful for the opportunity to compete against the best in the world, but lamented that one of the best was missing.
“I wish (Leon) Marchand was here, he’s really really fast. I would have loved to race with him.”
Marchand, the Olympic Champion in long course, has a short course best of 2:02.99 from the Shanghai World Cup in October.
Coll Marti is the first Spanish man to win an individual short course world title.
The Marchand bromance lore is expanding
He should be grateful Marchand wasn’t here, because more often than not he will be there wiping the floor
“If I cant best my opponent at his best then I don’t deserve it”
Cant say you’re the best if you arent racing the best.
Yeah…
But in future speaking events etc., would really be helpful to say “former world champion”
The video is private